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Concurrent (HYBRID) Training: Strong and Conditioned, Not Either/Or Nov 04, 2025

For years, the strength world and the endurance world pretended like they were enemies.

Lifters said cardio would kill gains.
Runners said heavy strength made you slow.

Meanwhile, the strongest, most resilient, most capable humans were doing both.

This is concurrent training: you build strength an...

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It’s Probably Not Your Hormones Holding You Back Oct 03, 2025

You might hate to hear this:

There’s a very high chance it’s not your hormones’ fault that you can’t lose weight, that you’re gaining weight, or that you can’t build muscle.

Hormones are an easy scapegoat. They’re invisible, mysterious, and outside of what most people feel they can control. So whe...

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Trunk Strength Grinds: The Durability (Anti) Secret Apr 02, 2025

If you’ve followed my training for any length of time, you know I’m big on durability. The ability to stay in the game, train hard, and keep injuries at bay is one thing that separates those who perform for a lifetime from those who burn out too soon.

Even more importantly (for me), is the ability ...

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6 Lessons Learned Training Tactical Athletes for Over a Decade Mar 06, 2025

Training tactical athletes (military, law enforcement, fire/rescue, and all first responders) is a whole different game. I've done it for a decade now.

As everybody knows, these individuals (look at me talking about you like y'all aren't reading this) operate in high stress, unpredictable environme...

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